How does Mario Vargas Llosa use imagery in Captain Pantoja and the Special Service?

Examples of Imagery:

"The animals on the river began to grunt, to bellow, and the fish came out of the water to bid farewell to Brother Francisco who was ascending" (Chapter 10, p. 234).

"Though at times she wears pants that are so tight she has to use a shoehorn to get them on, still she doesn't go around arousing the men, she doesn't give them such fresh looks as the other women Iquitos" (Chapter 3, p. 56).